Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Wang Xifeng was very satisfied that the task of causing trouble was assigned to others.

But as soon as Chen Duo left, Xia Shouzhong came in with a sullen face, stood aside silently with his hands clasped, and the word "wronged" was written all over his body.

Wang Xifeng knew at once that this fellow was jealous, and laughed, "I forgot to tell you, the prince is asking me for you.

"Although I only said that I want you to go back and help clean up his small storehouse, and also the relocation of Lizheng Palace and other places;

"But I guess Qinghai was too busy and wanted to take you back, but he didn't have the courage to say it directly."

Xia Shouzhong didn't even twitch his eyebrows and just kept silent.

Wang Xifeng smiled more happily, moved her crossed knees, turned to look at him directly, and said, "Old Xia, if you are my chief, you can only wander around in the back hall of Daming Palace.

"Unless I'm summoned to the Purple Palace, you can accompany me, then you can step on the blue bricks over there. Otherwise, you really can't think of strolling out for the rest of your life.

"Look at Chen Duo. Not only can he run between Daming Palace and the Eastern Palace, but once he investigates a case, he can also leave the palace upon orders!

"Aren't you envious?"

Xia Shouzhong lowered his head for a long time before he slumped his shoulders and said, "It would be insincere to say that I'm not envious.

“But I was ordered to serve Her Majesty. Last year, when we were released from the ban, the Crown Prince asked me if I wanted to go back, but I refused.

"If I were to go back now, I'm afraid the prince would look down on me even more..."

Wang Xifeng slammed the table: "Pedantic!"

He called him closer and whispered, "You are a fool! Would I go and tell the prince that Old Xia wants to go back again and ask you to be merciful and call him back?

"I will naturally let the prince say this himself, and then let you return in glory!

"Don't think about those things now. Just tell me whether you want to be a eunuch in the six palaces?!"

There are eunuchs in all six palaces.

The Imperial Household Department had two chief officials, one chief and one deputy. The chief official was called the Minister of the Palace, who was in charge of the Daming Palace, but his focus was on the front hall, where he mainly served the emperor.

The deputy chief eunuch was called the eunuch of the six palaces. He assisted the prime minister in handling internal and external affairs, but his focus was on the rear palace. He mainly served the empress and supervised the emperor's three palaces and six courtyards.

The deceased Zheng Fan was actually the eunuch of the six palaces. It was just that Dai Quan was his master, so he was too lazy to do all the things and just threw them to him.

Naturally, it can also be said that the next step for the eunuchs in the six palaces is 90% likely to be to become the Prime Minister of the Palace!

Xia Shouzhong suddenly felt hot inside, as if burning!

He slowly raised his eyes, his eyes were filled with ambition that was almost burning, his teeth were clenched tightly: "Slave, I want to do it!"

"That's all!" Wang Xifeng clasped her hands together, smiled, and whispered, "Then I'll just wait for Xia Duguan to take care of me!"

Xia Shouzhong said nothing, lifted his robe and knelt down, knocking his head firmly on the ground: "Liang Di has been so kind to me, I swear to die for it..."

"Don't say such unlucky words. Get up, it will look embarrassing if others see you!" Wang Xifeng was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

It was almost noon at this moment. Jing Li looked at the sky outside and asked An'er if he wanted to go and serve the meal now.

An'er thought about it and came in to ask: "Master, are you going to eat at home today, or go visit Mei Liangyuan and eat with her?"

Before Wang Xifeng could open her mouth to answer, footsteps were heard outside and Jianzhong walked in. With a hint of excitement of missing someone, he greeted Wang Xifeng with a big bow!

He stood up and bowed respectfully, "Your Majesty is ill, and the prince is worried and refuses to go to the fasting palace.

“The Ministry of Rites gave a workaround, changing the seven-day fast to a three-day fast.

"The prince has not had a good appetite these past few days, so he would like to have lunch at Liang Di's place today. Please ask the Shangshi Bureau to get some appetizing food."

Wang Xifeng nodded immediately: "I will follow the prince's orders. When can the prince come?"

"About half an hour later, the prince finished his work. Then he served the emperor a meal, and then went to visit the queen and the crown princess.

"It will take at least an hour to get to Chengxiang Palace." Jianzhong paused and added, "The prince may not be able to eat by himself, so please be patient and wait for him to eat together."

Wang Xifeng covered her lips and laughed, "How can this be absurd! Can I eat before the prince? Go ahead, I will think about what to prepare for the prince today."

Jianzhong smiled and bowed deeply again before leaving.

"Old Xia, go and deliver it. Jingli will go to the chef to pass the message in a while." Wang Xifeng made arrangements loudly. She took a pen and paper, wrote down a few simple, easy-to-make, fresh and delicious dishes, and asked Jingli to deliver them immediately.

He then instructed, "You just wait there. You don't have to tell them that it's the prince who wants it. Just say that I was too busy the past few days and have a poor appetite.

"This is silver. Just treat it as something we ordered ourselves. We should pay for it separately."

As he said this, he asked An'er to give him twenty taels of silver.

Jing Li was shocked: "You didn't order any expensive dishes, why did you give them so much money?"

"I just want to see what they will do with the money." Wang Xifeng waved her hand and told him to go quickly.

After Jing Li left and Xia Shouzhong came back from seeing everyone off, he began to clean the main hall quietly.

Less than an hour later, the prince arrived, with only Jianzhong by his side.

Wang Xifeng was curious: "Huh? Where is Qinghai? It's ok that Changying follows Tao Ge'er every day and doesn't come over, but why is Qinghai not with you?

"Although this guy is cunning, he has only been here for a few days. I'm afraid you haven't figured out your temper yet. Can you serve him well?"

The prince was so tired that he fell on the kang, resting his head on a large pillow, and said weakly:

"Chen Duo wants to investigate a few people, but he is just a small criminal in the Eastern Palace, and Wu Wei won't allow him to check the old files alone.

"There's no other choice but to let Qinghai go over and keep him company."

Wang Xifeng frowned, "Zheng Fan and Wei Nan are both dead, why is Wu Wei still occupying the palace? Didn't Prime Minister Dai mention demoting this disciple?"

"No. Not only that, he also urged the imperial physician to treat Zhou Dai's injuries as soon as possible, and kept the inner treasury tightly under control, only willing to let Zhou Dai's apprentice Qian Gang take charge, and refused to hand it over to the East Palace!"

The prince sneered, feeling uncomfortable even with the pillow, so he simply pushed it aside and lay down on his back.

Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "However, speaking of which, the people around you, except Qinghai who has a long career and has been seen before;

“Others, even Chang Ying, are just little kids!

"Please think about it for Prime Minister Dai. He can't hand over such a huge palace to a young man who doesn't even know how many gates, rooms, and corridors there are in the Daming Palace, right?

"If tomorrow there is another joke that the various departments and palaces below are teaming up to treat the E-Ting Ling as a fool, he will really lose face!"

The prince was annoyed: "So what? Wu Wei is a man who almost joined the rebellion, do I have to use him even if I have to hold my nose?

"Why is there no one in the East Palace?

"Chen Duo, Han Lue, and Lao Xia, didn't they all leave the Daming Palace?!"